National air transport system:
number of registered air carriers: 51
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 879
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 80,228,301
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 2,074,830,881 mt-km (2015)
Civil aircraft registration country code prefix:
C (2016)
Airports: Airports - with paved runways: Airports - with unpaved runways: Heliports: Pipelines: Railways: Roadways: Waterways: Merchant marine: Ports and terminals:
1,467 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Airports country ranks ]
total: 523
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - total country ranks ]
over 3,047 m: 21
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - over 3,047 m country ranks ]
2,438 to 3,047 m: 19
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 2,438 to 3,047 m country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 147
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 257
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 79 (2017)
[see also: Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
total: 944
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - total country ranks ]
1,524 to 2,437 m: 75
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 1,524 to 2,437 m country ranks ]
914 to 1,523 m: 385
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1,523 m country ranks ]
under 914 m: 484 (2013)
[see also: Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m country ranks ]
26 (2013)
[see also: Heliports country ranks ]
gas and liquid petroleum 110,000 km (2017)
total: 77,932 km
[see also: Railways - total country ranks ]
standard gauge: 77,932 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
country comparison to the world: 4
total: 1,042,300 km
[see also: Roadways - total country ranks ]
paved: 415,600 km (includes 17,000 km of expressways)
[see also: Roadways - paved country ranks ]
unpaved: 626,700 km (2011)
[see also: Roadways - unpaved country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 7
636 km (Saint Lawrence Seaway of 3,769 km, including the Saint Lawrence River of 3,058 km, shared with United States) (2011)
country comparison to the world: 77
[see also: Waterways country ranks ]
total: 639
[see also: Merchant marine - total country ranks ]
by type: bulk carrier 16, container ship 1, general cargo 88, oil tanker 15, other 519 (2017)
major seaport(s): Halifax, Saint John (New Brunswick), Vancouver
river and lake port(s): Montreal, Quebec City, Sept-Isles (St. Lawrence); Fraser River Port (Fraser); Hamilton (Lake Ontario)
oil terminal(s): Lower Lakes terminal
dry bulk cargo port(s): Port-Cartier (iron ore and grain),
container port(s): Montreal (1,446,000), Vancouver (3,054,000)(2015)
LNG terminal(s) (import): Saint John